I had a crappy diet day today. I thought about starting my journal tomorrow, but decided that'd I'd like to be able to look back on this and see my progress. Anyway, my main problem was mindless snacking and not nailing down my meals. Here's what I ate:

After my AM workout, I had time to meditate in the Sauna and it made a world of difference in my day. I was more focused at work and in my workouts. Tomorrow is Yoga day so I'm looking forward to that!

"In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently."

I love your picture.
You seem to have a well balanced life in many aspects of life. Food - good amount of raw foods; some treats with moderation. Exercices - intense activity; along with some relaxation like Yoga and Meditation...
I don't seem to have reached that control-balance-concentration in my life yet. If I buy red wine, soy ice cream, whatever other things like that, I finnish it all in one shot. At least, I didn't drink any alcohol in the last 6 months and I never feel any desire for it. I'm wondering if I should drink some red wine and sake for next year's eve and Christmas, or resist to the temptation, because those are the only times I may want some...
I lack of some serenity and tranquility, I have to much stress. I really need to study Yoga and Meditation with more seriousness and devotion

I'm not even going to log what I ate yesterday because I simply lost track. My boyfriend thinks my borderline binging behavior stems from the fact that I'm not eating enough calories. He says it's my body trying to tell me something. I don't know...but yesterday was rough. At least the foods that I do snack on aren't crap. Anyway, today is a new day.

I just joined a new gym about a month ago. My previous one just didn't have enough. I tried out a pilates class yesterday, which I thought sucked. But, I have to admit that my abs are sore today. I also did an hour long yoga class immediately after pilates. This class rocked!! It's definitely going to remain on my Saturday workout schedule.

Affirmations:
I WILL NOT SNACK INCESSANTLY TODAY!
Money is just an object

"In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently."

Beforewisdom is right, losing slowly is usually best. Besides the sanity factor, you are likely to lose far less muscle mass while doing it. Sometimes you can even manage to gain muscle.

As far as your affirmation to go to failure, that is not always necessary. Most current studies show that it is more helpful to go one rep short of failure. It is supposed to help your body grow faster, something with going to failure messing with the neuromuscular system and protein synthesis makes failure less productive. It is only a few percent difference, so nothing much to worry about. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

The metric system is socialized measurment. If you implement it it will only be a matter of time before your grandma will stand in front of a death panel being forced to deny the existance of baby Jesus.

I had a good diet day today. I was super busy so I didn't get to eat as often as I usually do.

MEAL # 1: Green Smoothie made with spinach, lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, frozen mango, and fresh peaches. Next time I'll leave the alfalfa out because the flavor was really overpowering.
MEAL #2: Garden burger on wheat bun with steamed broccoli. They actually serve this at the gym I go to, which is way cool.
MEAL #3: Large banana and half a peach left over from this morning.
MEAL #4: Green lentils w/ onions, brown rice and steamed spinach with garlic. Sooooo delicious!

I only got a 20 minute run in today, but I had an awesome shoulder workout. I can't seem to master the dumbbell clean jerk though. I also got about 9 sets of abs in. All in a day's work...

"In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently."

The metric system is socialized measurment. If you implement it it will only be a matter of time before your grandma will stand in front of a death panel being forced to deny the existance of baby Jesus.

You are off to a great start! Being conscious about what you're eating is half the battle!! If you can be disciplined about writing things down, it won't take long to figure out where you can do better. I find that I generally don't get enough calories in the beginning because I'm trying so hard to be vigilant and then ultimately realise that I need to eat more.

Thanks! I had done them before, but with a trainer. This time I was on my own and had a little trouble with form. My lower back is sore this morning, so I guess I did something right. I would've sworn that I wouldn't be able to walk this morning, but surprisingly my legs really aren't that sore. I guess I'll jut have to put them through more hell next time...

"In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently."